Cleat attachment



April 24, 1945. F. A. MCDUNNAH 2,374,444

Y CLEAT ATTACHMENT I I .Filed Dec. 28, 1943 also readily engaged with the object or legs being preferably i Patented pr. 24, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT `OFFICE CLEAT ATTACHMENT Frederick A. McDlunnah,` Hampton, Falls, N. H. Application December 28, 1943, Serial No. 515,918 (c1. 248-114) 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a new article of manufacture consisting of a metallic cleat attachment for application to a wall, floor, deck or other metallic structure to serve as a holder for another objectrsuch, for example,l as a cable, pipe conduit or the like, the purpose of" the invention being to provide a device of the character indicated whch will be of simple, inexpensive and eicient construction and whichmay and easily secured in position upon the metallic structure or fixture to which it is` applied, and itis to hold.

To these ends I have provided a metallic cleat attachment of the character described which, in its preferred form, may be constructed and utilized as set forth in the following description, the

several novel features of the invention being par-` ticularly pointed out and dened in the claim at the close of said description.

In the accompanying drawing* Figure l is a top plan view of a cleat attachment constructed in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a side view of shown in Fig. l.

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the cleat attachment shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Figure 4 shows the cleat attached to a metallic floor and also illustratesthe preferred method of engaging the cleat with the object it is to hold or support.

Figure 5 shows the condition of the cleat of Fig. 4 after it has been engaged with the object it is to hold or support,

The illustrated embodiment of my invention is made from a T-shaped sheet metal blank that is preferably bent into the shape shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 by means of dies, said embodiment comprising a body portion that is indicated generally at l0 and which is of inverted Uwhape as 'viewed from either end and at one end of the top of this body portion is a cantilever tang extension II.

The U-shaped body portion IIJ is formed with an oblong top wall I2 and two parallel sidewalls the cleat attachment or legs I3 depending perpendicularly from the opposite sides of said top wall, said side Walls of equal length and provided at their lower ends with straight edges which are parallel with the top wall I2, i

` The tang II is an extension of one end of the top wall I2 and is preferably formed adjacent to its free end with a downwardly facing hook I4 and at `its extremity with an upwardly facing be quickly y positionthe tang I Figs. 2 and 4. Then t-he pipe I6. That is to say, the hook I4 faces in one direction and the abutment shoulder in the opposite direction.`

The top wall I 2 may, as shown, be molded with a longitudinal stiffening and strengthening rib I1.

i As shown in Figs. 4 and 5 the legs I3 are seated upon and fastenedby welding I8 to a metallic structure I9, such as theY deck or wall of aship, which is shown as provided with a top layer of cork or insulation 20, and when rst welded in I occupies its initial elevated position shown in i conduit, electric cable, or other like object that of said top wall by which said abutment shoulder I5 provided by an end lip 55 is to be secured in position by the cleat, is `placed in position beneath hook I4 after which the tang II is bent downwardly on to the same into the position shown in Fig. 5. In the drawing the object to be secured in position is shown as a pipe conduit 2|. Y

To effect the bending of the tang I may employ a specially constructed lever that is indicated by broken lines at 22, said lever being made at its one end with a hook 23 to engage one end of the top Wall I2 of body I 0 as shown, and at its opposite end with a handle 2'4 which is grasped by hand and forced downwardly toward structure I9 to cause a shoulder 25 on the lever, intermediate the ends thereof, to engagethe abutment shoulder I5 at the free end of the tang to bend the latter downwardly into the position shown in Fig. 5 where the pipe conduit 2l is tted snugly into the hook of the tang. Or, the tang II may be initially produced in its operative or holding position as shown in Fig. 5 in which case the lever may be dispensed with and the legs `I3 of the cleat welded to structure I 9 while the held object 2| occupies a position within the hook I4 of the tang.

What I claim is:

A cleat attachment for connecting an electric cable, a conduit or like object toa supporting wall structure or the like that includes a metallic element, said attachment being made from metal and comprising a body having a top wall, two oppositely disposed side walls projecting angularge from opposite sides of said top wall `tcl serve as supporting legs whose extremities are seated upon and integrated with said metallic element by welding, and a hook extension at one `end and conned in a fixed porting wall structure.

position against said sup-` FREDERICK A. MCDUNNAH.

object isembraced` 

